Who is LakshiLakra?
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Laxmi Lakra is a woman from Jharkhand who is 27 years old. She has become the second woman to join the Indian Railways. She now drives the train engine in Northern Railways. ... Laxmi, though, is the first woman engine driver with Northern Railways.
Laxmi Lakra belongs to a poor tribal family in Jharkhand- She studied in a government school. She studied hard and did well and then went on to get a diploma in electronics. She then took the railway board exam and passed it on her first attempt. She became the first woman engine driver for Northern Railways. In this way she broke stereo type that engine drivers could be men only. She says I have challenges and the moment somebody says it is not for girls. I make sure I go ahead and do it. Laxmi has had to go this several times in her life when she wanted to take electronics, when she race motorcycles at the polytechnics and when she decided to become an engine driver.